Bloom Time
Jun, Jul, Aug
Plant Type
Edible, Weed, Wildflower
Lifespan
Perennial
Flower
Globular, prickly, pink to lavender flower heads. Overlapping green bracts with hooked tips enclose the numerous, tubular florets.
Fruit
Round fruits with tiny hooks that inspired velcro.
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Arctium
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